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L(ax2 + bx + c).
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1. (a) Find apoint that is two-thirds of the distance from 6. (a) Let L : R3 + R3 be a linear transformation given

the initial point P = (2, -1, 0, ~7) to the terminal by:

point Q = (-11, -1, -9, 2). Also, find the norm of

the vector FQT .

(b) Solve the following system of linear equations by

(i) Is [-3, 2,1] in ker(L)? Justify the answer.
using Gaussian elimination method :

(ii) Is [6,~4,-5] in range(L)? Justify the

3x - 2y + 4z = -54
answer.

-x + y - 2z - 20
(b) Let L: M2x2 i R2 be a linear transformation given
5x -4y + 8z = -83. by:

Also, indicate whether the system is consistent or

inconsistent. L(I: 2]) = [6a -b + 3c -2d, -2¢ + 3b -c + 4d].

(c) Without using the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, Find the matrix representation for L with respect

show that if a and b are unit vectors in Rn, then to the standard basis for M2x2 and R2 respectively.

la.bl < 1.
UsethismatrixtocalculateL([;:]) by matrix

multiplication.

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(i) L] : R3 + R3 given by L]([X,, X2, X3]) = 2. (a) Determinewhetherthevectorx = [7,I,8] is inthe

[3X[, -X2, X3 + 2X2]. row space of the given matrix

(ii) L2 : P2 i R given by L2(ax2 + bx + c) = abc.

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A= 2104
(b) Let L : M2x3 i M2x2 be a linear transformation
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given by ,

(b) Express the vector x e R3 as a linear combination

I([Z : ;]) =[2¢e d-+C/I.
of the other vectors (if possible)

x = [2, 2, 3], a] = [6, -2, 3], a2 = [0, ~5, -1], a3 =

Determine if L is one-one or not, and onto or

not. [-2,I, 2].

(C) Let L : P2 i P3 be a linear transformation given (c) Solve the following homogeneous system of linear

equations by using the Gauss-Jordan row reduction

by:
method and express the complete solution set as
L(ax2 + bx + c) = cx3 + bx2 + ax.
a linear combination of particular solutions

Find a basis for ker(L) and range(L). Also, verify -2x + y + 8z - 0

that dim(ker(L)) + dim(range(L)) = dim(P2).

7x - 2y - 22z = 0

3x -y - 10z -0.

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3. (a)Check whether the following matrix is

diagonalizable or not :
s-([_: :],[-: :],[: -:],[_:: :])

is linearly independent or linearly dependent.

(b) (i) Check whether the set of all singular matrices

in M2x2 is a Subspace of M2x2 or not, under

(b) Let V be a vector space. Prove the following: the usual matrix operations.

(i) If u, v and w are vectors in V for which (ii) Show that the set S = {[a,b, a-2b] € R3
u + w = v + w, then u = v.
|a,b e R} is a subspace of R3, under the

usual operations.
(ii) 0.v = 0 and (-1).v = -v, V v € V.

(c) Find the basis and dimension for the subspace W

(c) Consider the subset S = {[1, 4,1, -2], [-1,1,1, -1],
of R3 spanned by the set
[3, 2, -I, 0], [2, 3, 0, -1]} c R4. Use the simplified

Span method to find the span(S). Does span(S) = S = {[3,2,-1], [1,2,0], [1,2,-1]}.

R4? Justify.

5. (a) Determine whether the following functions are

4. (a) Use the Independence test method to determine linear transformations or not :
whether the set

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